Month: June 2017

For most borrowers, federal student loans don’t go away until you pay them off. But in rare cases, the government will discharge the remaining balance of your student loans. In fact, there are seven options for student...VIEW MORE

Americans now hold more student loan debt than ever before, and many workers must pay off loans before they can start thinking about their financial future. Last week, Memphis announced the launch of a Student Loan Reduction...VIEW MORE

The Education Department said Tuesday that the hundreds of thousands of doctors, lawyers, teachers and social workers on track for a form of student loan forgiveness will not be affected by President Trump’s proposal to get rid...VIEW MORE

Curry Oglesby knows the challenges firsthand of trying to pay down her debt and also plan for her future. “It’s not like I have savings right now,” she said. The 30-year-old graduated from Howard University in 2009...VIEW MORE

President Donald Trump’s administration will soon offer an exclusive contract that will give one company the right to service billions of dollars of outstanding federal student loans now handled by four companies, officials said on Friday. The...VIEW MORE

The Trump administration put its largest stamp on the student loan system yet with a plan to overhaul the way borrowers repay their debts that critics say discards important borrower protections pushed by the Obama administration. Under...VIEW MORE

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June 15, 2017

For most borrowers, federal student loans don’t go away until you pay them off. But in rare cases, the government will discharge the remaining balance of your student loans. In fact, there are seven options for student...VIEW MORE

June 14, 2017

Americans now hold more student loan debt than ever before, and many workers must pay off loans before they can start thinking about their financial future. Last week, Memphis announced the launch of a Student Loan Reduction...VIEW MORE

June 08, 2017

The Education Department said Tuesday that the hundreds of thousands of doctors, lawyers, teachers and social workers on track for a form of student loan forgiveness will not be affected by President Trump’s proposal to get rid...VIEW MORE

June 07, 2017

Curry Oglesby knows the challenges firsthand of trying to pay down her debt and also plan for her future. “It’s not like I have savings right now,” she said. The 30-year-old graduated from Howard University in 2009...VIEW MORE